Important. Knowledge about scaling stuff and what things matter - allow for more efficiency and simplification (less instances, less app code).
- Use TPM and other discrete circuits for standard tasks like TLS, instead of CPU.
- Kernel space and user space configs. Example - multiple threads listen on the same port.
- HTTP 1.1 simpler than 2
- Parsing, early detect missed, and cost of it.
Video: https://youtu.be/gSQoA4SYhJY?si=yTGTZByLeKbPAX_R - What happens before the backend gets the Request - Hussein Nasser
Important for growth phase/roles for an app/company.